Walt Disney Classified: The Layout Manual, Part 2—THE CAMERA
The Camera Department at Disney provided one of the most vital functions of the animation process – because without it, how would audiences be able to view the films.
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In His Own Words: Herb Sorrell and the 1941 Disney Strike
One of the most colorful and controversial figures of the legendary Disney Strike of 1941 was Herb Sorrell. For your enlightenment, here is a first hand account of the Disney strike while it was happening.
Dumbo’s Mother: Adrienne Tytla
Adrienne le Clerc met her husband Bill Tytla in 1936 when she was a 22-year-old actress and fashion model from Seattle, earning extra money by posing for Disney Studio art classes.
Walt Disney Classified: The Layout Manual, Part 1
Walt’s message in his 1941 employee Layout Manual marked the transition for the studio from solely entertainment production to a defense plant turning out training films.
In Her Own Words: Phyllis Craig on Disney Ink and Paint
Phyllis Craig started as a painter on Peter Pan moved up to do inking, and, eventually doing color key work on Sleeping Beauty.
In His Own Words: Marc Davis on Disney Storymen
Marc Davis was called by Walt his “Renaissance Man” because of his contributions in so many areas from animation to Imagineering. I was able to ask him about the story men he worked with.
In His Own Words: Ken Anderson
Ken Anderson’s official credits list such titles at Disney as art direction, art supervision, story, color, styling, layout, production, character development and more.
Walt Disney Classified: “What Is Propaganda?”
Disney’s studio also created countless wartime posters, pamphlets and insignia for the war effort. Here’s one that uses Donald Duck as its spokesman.
In His Own Words: John Hench on “Fantasia”
John Hench’s work on Disney animation is often forgotten, and his contribution to Fantasia has not really been documented – even in the book he wrote himself.
Disney’s Never Made “Hiawatha” Animated Feature
“One theme that kept haunting Walt was the story of Hiawatha,” said Frank Thomas. “He kept bringing it up over the years, trying to find the right way to do something with it.”
